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"@" sign chosen for its "at" meaning
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Details the design of TCP.
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edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int created
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Domain name tv.com sold to CNET for $15,000, Netscape and Microsoft two biggest players.
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ICANN created by Jon Postel to oversee privatization
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Netscape and Microsoft share almost 100% of browser market.
• Microsoft declared a monopoly by US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson.
•Shawn Fanning creates Napster, opening the possibilities of peer-to-peer file sharing and igniting a copyright war in the music industry. -
Alerting Web sites to the need for tighter security measures
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The Research project "How much information 2003" finds that Instant messaging generates five billion messages a day (750GB), or 274 Terabytes a year and that e-mail generates about 400,000 terabytes of new information each year worldwide.
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Some stats say over 100 million
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As "the most valuable global brand," and also is the most visited Web site.
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